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Kayah, Western

A language of Myanmar

ISO 639-3: kyu

Population	100,000 (2007). 2,000 refugees encamped in Thailand, a dialect of 400 people in 4 villages east of Bawlake in Kayah state.
Region	Kayah and Kayin (Karen) states, west of Pong River.
Alternate names	Karenni, Karennyi, Karieng Daeng, Kayah Li, Red Karen, Yang Daeng
Dialects	Distinct from but related to Bwe Karen [bwe], forming a dialect continuum from Thailand (Eastern Kayah) to western Kayah state.
Classification	Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Karen, Sgaw-Bghai, Kayah
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Dictionary.
Writing system	Kayah Li script. Latin script, preferred by Catholics. Myanmar (Burmese) script.
Comments	Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BENNETT, J. Fraser, author. 1995. Metrical foot structure in Thai and Kayah Li: Optimality-theoretic studies in the prosody of two southeast Asian languages.

BLOCK, Karen L.; BRYANT, Brooke; BRYANT, John R., authors. 1999. A preliminary discourse analysis of Western Red Karen narratives.

BRYANT, John R., author. 1996. Notes on Western Kayah Li (Western Red Karen) phonology.

MANSON, Ken, author. 2009. "Prolegomena to reconstructing Proto-Karen."